At least 23 workers were hurt in Cambodia on Monday when police using stun batons moved in to end a protest over pay at a factory that makes clothing for Nike, a trade union representative said.

Police with riot gear were deployed to move about 3,000 mostly female workers who had blocked a road outside their factory... They want the US sportswear firm, which employs more than 5,000 people at the plant, to give them $14 a month to help pay for transport, rent and healthcare costs on top of their $74 minimum wage. (Read the full story here.)

Read that again. These are "minimum wage" workers, earning $74 a month. They are looking for a $14 a month raise.

But in America these days, those types of facts don't really matter. It's all about spin - and Nike's been spinning this story since the beginning of the month.